# Saint Albans, Christchurch

11,241 council reports since June 2015, the 10th busiest suburb in the city. 8,990 photographs on record.
15,010 people at the 2023 Census, 3,782 to the square kilometre across 4.0 km².

https://www.chch.live/saint-albans

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

St Albans is a large, inner-northern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located directly north of the Christchurch Central Business District. It is the second largest suburb in the city by population, with a population of 13,137 at the 2018 Census. The suburb falls within the Christchurch Central electorate and is represented by Duncan Webb, who has been the member of parliament since the 2017 general election.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Albans%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$514 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $447–$633, across 201 bonds, down 2% on a year ago. That’s about **$36 a week below** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the St Albans North, St Albans West and St Albans East areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $527 a week · 105 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $513 a week · 24 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $705 a week · 18 new bonds
- 2-bedroom apartment, $482 a week · 12 new bonds
- 1-bedroom flat/unit, $126 a week · 9 new bonds
- 2-bedroom flat/unit, $445 a week · 6 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 8,373 people and 3,834 occupied private households, grouped from 51 SA1 areas in St Albans West, St Albans East, St Albans North. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 12% (1,035 people)
- 65 and over: about 14% (1,167 people)
- Born overseas: about 32% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 76% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 9% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 3% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 18% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 85% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 40% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (8,990 on record)
- [1049 Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/report/9071316)
- [49 Hawkesbury Ave](https://www.chch.live/report/9070977)
- [56 St Albans St](https://www.chch.live/report/9067402)
- [35 Webb St](https://www.chch.live/report/9067082)
- [183–185 Springfield Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9059062)
- [5 Keoghs Ln](https://www.chch.live/report/9058686)

[8,990 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=saint-albans)

## The suburb, back then (19 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Abberley Park Hall](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-53789022), 1940 · Canterbury Stories
- [Abberley Park Hall](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-53789096), 1941 · Canterbury Stories
- [St Albans shop](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48594673), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Mission Church, St Albans](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-30063910), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St Albans School about 1912](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-46086299), 1910 · Canterbury Stories
- [L Sergt M Allen of St Albans, wounded](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-43247275), 1917 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Lieut Frank R Bushell of St Albans, wounded](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-43247929), 1917 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Pte Cecil L Ardley of St Albans, killed in action](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-43246951), 1917 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Pte E Hartley of St Albans, killed in action](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-43247643), 1917 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Pte Harold Grace of St Albans, wounded](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-43247723), 1917 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

[…and 9 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Saint Albans
- Saint Albans enters the written record in 15 December 1841, [“LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING. (New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 15 December 1841)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZGWS18411215.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Saint Albans” appears somewhere in 3,645 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 5 June 2015, at 40A.
- Its busiest day was 25 January 2016, 31 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Cranford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/cranford-street), reported on 371 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Innes ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/innes), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).
- On foot: [The old north road](https://www.chch.live/walks/st-albans-north-road), a heritage walk over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (17,817 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Saint Albans took **4 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
448 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 31 October 2018.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

2 sensitive sites stand here, St Albans Catholic School, St Albans School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9071316), 11 Oct 2026 · 1049 Colombo St
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9070977), 11 Oct 2026 · 49 Hawkesbury Ave, “Water leaking out and down into culvert and quite a water collection already.”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9067402), 10 Oct 2026 · 56 St Albans St, “An electoral sign has been placed on the public grass berm at Bristol Street, close to the intersection and pedestrian…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9067082), 10 Oct 2026 · 35 Webb St, “Hi this pittosporum has died. Can it please be removed and replaced wirh something. This is a lovely area well…”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9066992), 10 Oct 2026 · 276 Cranford St, “Large uneven areas of footpath from construction traffic”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9059062), 9 Oct 2026 · 183–185 Springfield Rd, “Hi there, I’m writing regarding an issue with the bin collection at 206 Springfield Road today. While I can see the…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9058686), 9 Oct 2026 · 5 Keoghs Ln, “Dumped bicycle. Likely stolen and then dumped”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9054026), 8 Oct 2026 · 64A Hawkesbury Ave, “Damaged car has been outside my property at 64 Hawkesbury Avenue for possibly three weeks now. It is taking up a…”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9053872), 8 Oct 2026 · 49 Winton St, “Loose shingle on Winton st.needs removal”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9053855), 8 Oct 2026 · 24–68 Lindsay St, “Please no more patching of this intersection - a proper re- tarsealing needed”
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9053828), 8 Oct 2026 · 58 Winton St, “A lot of loose shingle on Winton st that needs clearing”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9052651), 8 Oct 2026 · 58 Malvern Street, “mattress been dumped on corner by tree corner malvern rooslevlt st”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 75
- 2016, 310
- 2017, 554
- 2018, 598
- 2019, 913
- 2020, 790
- 2021, 986
- 2022, 1,248
- 2023, 1,614
- 2024, 1,526
- 2025, 1,543

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 2,804
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2,656
- Water & drains, 2,414
- Rubbish & dumping, 1,655
- Trees & parks, 997
- Vehicles & parking, 476
- Everything else, 173
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 42

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2,008
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1,553
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1,268
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 732
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 510
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 385
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 359
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 285

## On the heritage register (22)
- [Abberley Park](https://www.chch.live/place/4)
- [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/174), 20 Papanui Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/54), 66 Derby Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/55), 74 Derby Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/112), 153 Holly Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/180), 236 Papanui Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/189), 41 Ranfurly Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/190), 45 Ranfurly Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/306), 102D Springfield Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Amwell](https://www.chch.live/place/179), 166 Papanui Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Chippenham Lodge](https://www.chch.live/place/16), 51 Browns Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Cobham](https://www.chch.live/place/127), 35 Knowles Street
- [Dwelling and Setting, Long Cottage](https://www.chch.live/place/184), 10/142 Rugby Street
- [Dwelling and Setting, Orana](https://www.chch.live/place/178), 146 Papanui Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Te Wepu](https://www.chch.live/place/48), 122 Papanui Road
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/176), 108 Papanui Road
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House](https://www.chch.live/place/175), 85 Papanui Road
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Fitzroy](https://www.chch.live/place/148)
- [Former Dwelling/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House](https://www.chch.live/place/177), 110 Papanui Road
- [Former St Albans Automatic Telephone Exchange and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/464), 29 St Albans Street
- [Streets with trees and plaques](https://www.chch.live/place/547)
- [Te Whatu Manawa Maoritanga O Rehua and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/224), 79 Springfield Road

The register’s own page for the area: [St Albans on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/st-albans)

On foot: [The old north road](https://www.chch.live/walks/st-albans-north-road), heritage walk over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Cranford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/cranford-street), reported on 371 separate days
- [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/madras-street), reported on 363 separate days
- [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/colombo-street), reported on 336 separate days
- [Springfield Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/springfield-road), reported on 301 separate days
- [Innes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/innes-road), reported on 256 separate days
- [Edgeware Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/edgeware-road), reported on 238 separate days
- [Abberley Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/abberley-crescent), reported on 223 separate days
- [Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/manchester-street), reported on 200 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3517-st-albans-catholic-school-christchurch), Contributing · decile 9 · EQI 394
- [St Albans School](https://www.chch.live/school/3518-st-albans-school), Contributing · decile 8 · EQI 414

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school) · [Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school-te-kura-o-hine-waiora) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-he-tiwai-matauranga-heaton-normal-intermediate) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · and 15 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (9)
- [English Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1717-english-park), Sports ground · 3 ha
- [Malvern Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1798-malvern-park), Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 62 pieces
- [Rutland Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1177-rutland-reserve), 2 ha · playground, 56 pieces
- [Abberley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1453-abberley-park), Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 24 pieces
- [St Albans Tennis Club](https://www.chch.live/park/1473-st-albans-tennis-club), Sports ground
- [Knowles Plantation](https://www.chch.live/park/1784-knowles-plantation)
- [Lewisham Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1225-lewisham-reserve)
- [Springfield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1296-springfield-reserve)
- [Berwick Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1673-berwick-reserve)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## Where the suburb worships (6)
- [Christchurch Fijian Seventh-day Adventist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/christchurch-fijian-seventh-day-adventist-church), a Seventh-day Adventist church · 140 Springfield Road
- [Oratory of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour](https://www.chch.live/worship/oratory-of-our-mother-of-perpetual-succour), a Catholic church
- [Reformed Church of Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/worship/reformed-church-of-christchurch), a Reformed church · 61 Cornwall Street
- [Rutland Street Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/rutland-street-church), a non-denominational church · 12 Rutland Street
- [Saint Albans Baptist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-albans-baptist-church), a Baptist church · 64 McFaddens Road
- [](https://www.chch.live/worship/unnamed-way-1044441896), a place of worship

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The marae standing here (1)
- [Rehua Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/rehua), the city’s marae · wharenui Te Whatu Manawa Māoritanga o Rehua · 79 Springfield Road

The whole roll is at [/maraes](https://www.chch.live/maraes).

## The tracks through here (15)
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 3.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-429-saint-albans), 3.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-498-saint-albans), 2.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-480-saint-albans), 842 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-511-saint-albans), 807 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-430-saint-albans), 738 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-489-saint-albans), 684 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-459-saint-albans), 635 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-485-saint-albans), 606 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-470-saint-albans), 415 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-451-papanui), 353 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-458-saint-albans), 251 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-453-papanui), 204 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-509-saint-albans), 169 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-475-saint-albans), 137 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 56.3% of this outline, about 224 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The 2011 grading filed 133.6% of this outline, about 530 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 529 ha · TC2 2 ha. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 15.9% of this outline, about 63 hectares, across 4 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **55%** of it, Dudley Creek, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s noise overlays cover **88%** of this outline, about 349 hectares across **1** mapped overlay, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **161** classified reaches, the plan calling **St Albans Creek** and **Dudley Creek**
           by name, **6%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **10 m** off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **52%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Medium Density**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **4,413** photographs on this ground, 2009–2017, roading work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **22.0 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 4.4 km of it separated from the traffic, [Papanui Parallel](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/papanui-parallel). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **5** inscribed plaques, [Abberley Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/36619-abberley-park), [English Park Stadium](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310852-english-park-stadium), [English Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311055-english-park) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **14** drawn instruments, 4 of them dog rules, 2 alcohol bans, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 7 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**4** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 2 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **155** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 10 hectares, mostly peat, topsoil, gravel, 10 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
**3** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, 2 marked verified. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **61%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 5 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **25** assets on this ground, 8 shelters, 8 sets of steps, 4 bridges, 4 ramps, sited at Abberley Park, St Albans Community Centre, English Park Stadium, Lewisham Reserve. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **1** record inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 rugby. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **2509** living trees inside this outline, **68** veterans among them, 152 carrying a protection, mostly Kobushi Magnolia, Ash, Sweet Gum. The file remembers **1175** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **48%** of this outline under **Medium density residential zone**, **72%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 23%, Residential Suburban 19%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan reserves about **6 hectares** of this outline, **2%** , under 2 designations, mostly movement, learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s exceptions touch **5%** of this outline, 4 qualifying matters, mostly heritage, residential. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **12** places by name in this suburb, **2** graded highly significant, **Former Dwelling and Setting, Fitzroy**, **Te Whatu Manawa Maoritanga O Rehua and Setting**, **Abberley Park** among them. And the street itself is listed, the **Church Property Trustees North St Albans Subdivision (1923)** heritage area lies here, protected as a street rather than house by house. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).

## The names on this ground (5)
- [Tezuka](https://www.chch.live/memorial/tezuka), artwork · Haruko Furukawa
- [Dudley Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/dudley-creek), waterway · 9.4 km
- [Papanui Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/papanui-stream), waterway · 1.9 km
- [Saint Albans Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/saint-albans-creek), waterway · 5.5 km
- [Strowan Stream](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.5 km

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING. (New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 15 December 1841)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZGWS18411215.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1841-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550331.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 04 April 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550404.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Evans, Charles, Papauni Laboure (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560220.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1856-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560220.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1856-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 16 December 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18571216.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

## The crash record (390 injury crashes)

390 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 4 people killed, 73 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Cranford Street at McFaddens Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cranford-st&suburb=saint-albans), 20 injury crashes.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=saint-albans)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (3,313 recorded victimisations)

3,313 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 99 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=saint-albans)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (34 stops)

34 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc).
- Colombo St near Bealey Ave near Colombo St
- Colombo St near Bealey Ave near Colombo St
- Colombo St near Canon St near Colombo St
- Colombo St near Canon St near Colombo St
- Colombo St near Purchas St
- Cranford St near Berwick St near Cranford St
- Cranford St near Berwick St near Cranford St
- Cranford St near Cornwall St
- Cranford St near Edgeware Rd
- Cranford St near Innes Rd
- Cranford St near Knowles St
- Cranford St near Malvern St near Cranford Street
- Cranford St near Malvern St near Cranford Street
- Cranford St near Mcfaddens Rd near Cranford St
- Cranford St near Mcfaddens Rd near Cranford St
- Cranford St near Westminster St near Cranford St

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (116 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-saint-albans), 15
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-saint-albans), 11
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-saint-albans), 11
- [Motels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/motel#in-saint-albans), 11
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-saint-albans), 7
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-saint-albans), 7
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-saint-albans), 4
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-saint-albans), 3
- [Hardware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hardware#in-saint-albans), 3
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-saint-albans), 3
- [Butchers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/butcher#in-saint-albans), 2
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-saint-albans), 2
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-saint-albans), 2
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-saint-albans), 2
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-saint-albans), 2
- [Alternative](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-alternative#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Apartments](https://www.chch.live/businesses/apartment-accom#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Association](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-association#in-saint-albans), 1
- [ATMs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/atm#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Banks](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bank#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Bookshops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookshop#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Car washes](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-wash#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Caterers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/caterer#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Centre](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-centre#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Chemist](https://www.chch.live/businesses/chemist#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Company](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-company#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Dry cleaners](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dry-cleaner#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Fruit & veg](https://www.chch.live/businesses/greengrocer#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Hospital](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-hospital#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Hostels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hostel#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Markets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/market#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Op shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/op-shop#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Pet Grooming](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pet-grooming#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Physio](https://www.chch.live/businesses/physio#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Post offices](https://www.chch.live/businesses/post-office#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Real estate](https://www.chch.live/businesses/real-estate#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-saint-albans), 1
- [Tattoo & piercing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tattoo#in-saint-albans), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Tutto Bene](https://www.chch.live/business/tutto-bene-saint-albans), Restaurants
- [Crisp on Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/business/crisp-on-edgeware-saint-albans), Fruit & veg
- [Indian Flame](https://www.chch.live/business/indian-flame-saint-albans), Restaurants
- [Peter Timbs Meats](https://www.chch.live/business/peter-timbs-meats-saint-albans), Butchers
- [Saket Indian](https://www.chch.live/business/saket-indian-saint-albans), Restaurants
- [St Albans Seafoods](https://www.chch.live/business/st-albans-seafoods-saint-albans), Fast food
- [Tomi](https://www.chch.live/business/tomi-saint-albans), Restaurants
- [1040 Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/1040-takeaways-saint-albans), Fast food
- [Bailies Bar & Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/bailies-bar-restaurant-saint-albans), Bars & pubs
- [Butcher's Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/business/butcher-s-kitchen-saint-albans), Butchers

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/edgeware)
- [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale)
- [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/mairehau)
- [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond)
- [Strowan](https://www.chch.live/strowan)
- [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Saint Albans with [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=edgeware&b=saint-albans) · [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=merivale&b=saint-albans) · [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=mairehau&b=saint-albans) · [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=richmond&b=saint-albans) · [Strowan](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=saint-albans&b=strowan) · [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=saint-albans), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Saint Albans?**

St Albans is a large, inner-northern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located directly north of the Christchurch Central Business District. The public record holds 11,241 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Saint Albans?**

15,010 people at the 2023 Census, 3,782 per square kilometre across 4.0 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Saint Albans?**

About 8,373 people and 3,834 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Saint Albans?**

11,241 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (2,804), graffiti & vandalism (2,656), water & drains (2,414). 1,421 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Saint Albans had?**

390 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 4 people killed, 73 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=saint-albans)

**What schools are in Saint Albans?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch), St Albans School.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Saint%20Albans · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Saint%20Albans